An inaugural class of fellows will learn to add prominent Asian Americans to Wikipedia, a leading source of Large Language Model results
New York, NY (August 19, 2026) — Much of Asian American history has never made it into reference sources that shape public knowledge, and increasingly, that shapes AI, too. Wikipedia is one of the internet’s most consulted sources. Every day, millions access the site’s pages to research, confirm, and explore, and a recent experiment found that chatbots cited newly published content on the website in as little as twelve minutes. Yet its records are far from complete. The site has a well-documented gender gap, and researchers have pointed to comparable shortcomings in race and ethnicity. These gaps leave Asian American history underrepresented at the source increasingly used to train AI.
This year, Committee of 100 launches a program to close that gap. Representatives from over a dozen unique Asian American-focused nonprofits, foundations, and advocacy organizations are among the inaugural class participating in Committee of 100’s new Wikipedian Fellowship. The online program, which will kick off today, August 19, and run for eight weeks, trains community and nonprofit leaders to write and edit Wikipedia pages so that Asian American history is documented in full at the source where AI learns it.
“Wikipedia is a key source of information for large language models,” said Frank Schulenburg, Executive Director of Wiki Education. The nonprofit will be facilitating the training. “If the full story of a community isn’t represented there, these models will generate results that simply do not show the whole picture, which does a disservice to the community, the querent, and our society at large.”
Committee of 100’s research shows that 55% of Asian Americans are regularly asked where they are “really from,” and 27% of Americans believe that people of Chinese descent are more loyal to China then the U.S. The fellowship program works to counter these assumptions by increasing the discoverability and depth of information on Asian Americans.
“Our research illuminated the need for this type of program, and we immediately acted in coordination with our partners to bring it to reality,” said Paul Cheung, C100 President. “Our goal is to train more Asian American Wikipedia editors who bring firsthand knowledge of our history, communities, and contributions and are equipped to contribute meaningfully to Wikipedia. We will measure progress by tracking the number of editors trained, Wikipedia pages created or improved, and edits made through the initiative.”
“Many Asian migrants to the Americas, and their descendants, have made incredible contributions to this country that are all but unknown,” said Ben Han, one of the inaugural fellows and a student at Stanford University’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. “Editing existing Wikipedia articles, and creating new ones, would begin to redress this historical injustice.”
The fellowship, which will induct a new class each year, is free thanks to the generosity of C100 members Sheldon Pang and Larry Low, as well as member Anla Cheng’s The Serica Initiative. The individuals making up the inaugural Class of 2026 are:
- Katherine Barnett, Friends of the National Asian Pacific Island American Museum (FRIENDS)
- Kevin Chan, Chinese Canadian Museum
- Baldwin Chiu, Artists for Community Transformation
- Christy Choi, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)
- Ben Han, Stanford University
- Crystal Hsia, Southern California Council of Chinese Schools
- Kimberly Lee, Chinese Historical and Cultural Project
- Joannie Shen, California Academy of Preventive Medicine
- Steven Nam Xeng Leng, Cyrus Tang Foundation
- Cheryll Leo-Gwin, Storyboards NW
- Jet Liu, Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities (MHACC)
- Tao Liu, Association of Chinese Americans, Inc.
- Sandy Liu, Forest Hills Asian Association
- Virginia Loh-Hagan, Office of AANHPISI Affairs & APIDA Center at San Diego State University
- Hoa Luu, Chinese American Citizens Alliance
- Raymond Pun, Alder Graduate School of Education
- Lulu Roberts, The Joy Culture Foundation
- Jennifer Srichandr, Asian Community Development Council
- June Xu, Asian American Art & Culture Initiative
- Eric Yan, Homecrest Community Services
- Rene Yung, Chinese Whispers
- Yilin Zhang, 1882 Foundation
- Qiran Zhang, Former NYC Council employee
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